Japan competed in the 2016 Asian Beach Games in Danang, Vietnam from September 24 to October 5, 2016. The delegation was bannered by 54 athletes.[1] Japan send their representatives in 7 sports including beach soccer, beach volleyball, beach handball, beach wrestling, vovinam, pétanque, and bodybuilding.[2]
| Japan at the 2016 Asian Beach Games | |
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| IOC code | JPN |
| NOC | Japanese Olympic Committee |
| Website | https://www.joc.or.jp |
| in Danang, Vietnam September 24 – October 5 | |
| Competitors | 54 in 7 sports |
| Medals Ranked 25th |
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| Asian Beach Games appearances | |
The Japanese beach soccer team won the gold medal,[3] being the Japanese team's only gold medal in this game.[4] Bodybuilding took home one silver and two bronze medals, followed by beach sambo which won one silver and one bronze. Beach wrestling won two bronze medals, while pétanque and vovinam bagged one bronze medal each.[5][6]
Medalists
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Competitors
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The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games.
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Beach soccer
editResult
edit| Team | Event | Group stage | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | |||
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Rank | Opposition Score |
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| Japan men's | Men's tournament |  AfghanistanW 11–0 |
 ChinaW 7–2 |
1 Q |  UAEW 6–2 |
 LebanonW 6–5 |
 OmanW 4–3 |
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Team
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Shingo Terukina Yusuke Kawai Shotaro Haraguchi Yuki Nakahara Naoya Matsuo Teruki Tabata Takaaki Oba Takuya Akaguma Takasuke Goto Ozu Moreira
Beach volleyball
editMen's tournament
edit| Team | Event | Group stage | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | |||
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| Opposition Score |
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Rank | Opposition Score |
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| Masato Kurasaka Momota Shimada |
Men's tournament | Al-Shereiqi/Al-Housni L 13–21, 13-21 |
 Sukto/KhaolumtarnW 21-19, 21-17 |
3 | did not advance | |||
Women's tournament
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| Team | Event | Group stage | |||||
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| Opposition Score |
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Opposition Score |
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| Azusa Futami Reika Murakami |
Women's tournament | Tang/Wang L 22-20, 13-21, 10-15 |
 Lakmini/Weerasinghe W 21–16, 21–13 |
Numwong/ Naraphornrapat L 17–21, 8–21 |
 Gorre/ArochaW 21-13, 21-5 |
 Tứ/LêW 21–16, 18–21, 15–11 |
3 Q |
Knockout Stage
| Team | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | Rank |
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| Azusa Futami Reika Murakami |
 Ratnasari/EkaW 19-21, 21-18, 15–8 |
 Mashkova/Tsimbalova L 15-21, 14-15 |
did not advance | ||
Pétanque
editMen
edit1. Shooting
Haruki Kato
2. Singles
Takayuki Watabe
3. Doubles
Hiroshi Katata
Yoshihiro Noda
Women
edit1. Shooting
Keiko Katata
2. Singles
Ayumi Goma 
3. Doubles
Akemi Kinoshita
Rieko Ujihara
Vovinam
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| Yoshimi Sadamatsu | Dragon-tiger form | 261 |
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References
edit- ^ 第5回アジアビーチゲームズ. Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ 日本代表選手団. Japanese Olympic Committee (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ アジアビーチゲームズ ビーチサッカー日本代表、延長戦を制し初の金メダル獲得！. Japan Football Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ Noriko Nagano (2016-10-25). 【祝 アジアビーチゲームズ初優勝 スペシャル対談】ビーチサッカー日本代表 茂怜羅オズ×後藤崇介「ビーチサッカー日本代表 出場全選手が大会を振り返る！」. Soccer King (in Japanese). Retrieved 2 April 2022.
- ^ 貞松慶美（日本ボビナム協会）が銅メダル〜第5回アジアビーチゲームズ. Vovinam Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ 日本選手団結果 10月1日. Vovinam Association (in Japanese). Retrieved 25 March 2022.